El Pasoans, unite against tax increases: Letters to the Editor

A procession of 22 hearses fills the Walmart shooting memorial site to honor all of the victims of the Aug. 3 attack Sunday, Aug. 18, in El Paso. The flowers were sent from across the world for the funeral services for Margie Reckard.(Photo: BRIANA SANCHEZ / EL PASO TIMES)

El Pasoans, unite against tax increases

Unreal. Another tax hike. I think El Pasoans, private and corporate businesses and federal dollars would donate for a memorial rather than suffer another tax increase. City council really believes justice will be served by erecting a memorial that is going to cost tax payers higher taxes for the rest of our lives? How crass.

Unbelievable that El Paso taxing entities have no idea how to function within a budget. Instead it is one tax increase after another. Surely after a memorial is built that tax increase will not be lowered. And we can be assured that El Paso government will find a way to get a pay raise out of it.

It would be nice to see El Pasoans continue to strive for unity and unite against city council and other entities that are taxing us into ruin and be El Paso Strong and stop voting for these people that refuse to be fiscally responsible and constantly raise taxes then reward themselves with pay raises and bonuses.

Be prepared to defend yourself

There are a lot of hate-filled people in this world, nothing new. We've had them since time began. We saw a horrible example of that with that mass shooting in a Walmart store. They are looking for people that are unarmed and defenseless. Essentially making a gun free zone a killing field. Don't make yourself defenseless.

The best defense is to be armed yourself. Take a course in gun use and better still, get a concealed carry permit. It's very encouraging to see a surge in people attending classes to get a concealed carry permit. If you can't do that, have a means to defend yourself in your home.

Edwardo Sanchez

Upper Valley

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Trump sets poor example

As a teacher, how can I tell my students to tell the truth when President Donald Trump doesn't? How can I tell them to never be a bully, when Trump is proud to show you how to be one? Why tell my students that the earth is warming and that the oceans will begin to flood cities when Trump is trying to abolish the EPA and says that the warming is all a hoax?

How do I tell them to be nice to each other if Trump is the epitome of having no empathy?

Trump not to blame for shooting

For those defending Veronica Escobar, Beto O’Rouke, and others that are using the tragic events at the Walmart for political advantage you should be ashamed.

Both Escobar and O’Rouke immediately started their political rants against President Donald Trump trying to place blame on him for the attack. The shooter clearly stated that he had these feeling long before President Trump came on the scene and that the President had zero to do with it. The actual hate is being spewed by the likes of Escobar and O’Rouke and not the President.

The immediate cry of these to confiscate guns from law-abiding citizens is predictable. I would remind these people that no weapon ever pulled its own trigger and disarming law-abiding citizens will only embolden those that want to do harm.